special Feature
Why
Guilt
is a
Necessary
Emotion
for Guiding
Moral
Behavior
BY: Deborah Song
Perhaps more than any other emotion,
guilt has earned a bad rap. Its stigma is
through association though. In the context
of Freud and other religious hang-ups,
guilt is synonymous with shame. But there
is a healthy kind of guilt, research shows,
that promotes introspection and social
cooperation, which is very different from
shaming someone.
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